Pep Guardiola to leave Man City after 10 years in charge

Pep Guardiola has confirmed he will leave Manchester City after a decade in which he won 20 major trophies and became the club’s most successful ever manager . Enzo Maresca is expected to replace the Catalan , whose final game in charge will be Sunday’s home match against Aston Villa. Guardiola, who will retain a connection with the club as he becomes an ambassador for the City Football Group , said he had an “eternal love” for City and that it had been “f***ing fun”.

Pep Guardiola led Manchester City to numerous trophies across 10 years (PA) Chief executive Ferran Soriano said Guardiola will leave an “extraordinary legacy”, while chairman Khaldoon al-Mubarak said Guardiola had “made football better”. The 55-year-old, who joined after spells at Barcelona and Bayern Munich, won six Premier League titles, a record five League Cups and, in 2023, City’s first ever Champions League. He secured two separate trebles – winning the Premier League, FA Cup and Carabao Cup in 2018-19 and the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League in 2022-23 – as well as making City the only team to get 100 points in a top-flight English season, in 2017-18.

Guardiola won the Carabao Cup and the FA Cup this season, but his hopes of getting a seventh Premier League ended with Tuesday’s draw against Bournemouth. He said: “What a time we have had together. Don’t ask me the reasons I’m leaving.

There is no reason, but deep inside, I know it’s my time. Nothing is eternal, if it was, I would be here. Eternal will be the feeling, the people, the memories, the love I have for my Manchester City.